Apartment fire on Myrtle Drive in SW Atlanta sends 1 person to hospital

ATLANTA - Firefighters responded to an apartment complex fire on Myrtle Drive in southwest Atlanta on Monday morning. 

One person was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. 

The fire department was called to the complex around 6 a.m. They say the fire started in the basement where the gas meters are houses.

The fire then spread to the first floor.

The battalion chief told FOX 5 that four units were impacted.

The American Red Cross says it is helping 7 families for a total of 14 people that were affected by the fire.